Claremont School News

Under the leadership of principal Sean Delgado, San Antonio High has been spurred to action. The most recent evidence of the transformation is a new outdoor multi-purpose sports court, featuring a sturdy plastic surface emblazoned with the school’s Lion mascot. The school celebrated a new era of athletic opportunity earlier this month, inaugurating the Lion […]

The Claremont campus of the Western Christian Schools is growing by leap and bounds. In March 2015, construction began for a new gym, performing arts center, library, technology center and athletic field. This means that 14 school sports teams will have use of the new 7,557 square foot gym, that will also be used for […]

Math is many things to many people: a chore, a nightmare, a useful tool, a satisfying challenge. For Harvey Mudd professor Arthur Benjamin, however, it’s something far more enchanting. He sees math as an endlessly surprising and elegant pursuit, and he wants you to see it the same way. He will go to any length […]

While new Vista del Valle principal Brad Cuff has a full plate getting up to speed, there’s one thing he doesn’t have to worry about: the commute. Mr. Cuff, a longtime Claremonter, only has to drive about five minutes to get to his job. His roots run deep—at Vista, at the Claremont Unified School District […]

The Claremont Unified School District is going solar, thanks to money that the passage of Proposition 39, also known as the Clean Energy Jobs Act, is expected to yield. The proposition, which was passed in November of 2000, changed the corporate income tax code and allocates projected revenue to the state’s General Fund and the […]

Camila Aguirre says goodbye to her mother Ana Harvin as Camila begins her first day of first grade at Mountain View Elementary School. Wednesday was the beginning of the fall semester across Claremont for both students just starting out and those nearing the end of their public education. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff  

There will be a number of friendly new faces among the staff at Claremont schools this fall, including 30 teachers and nine classified staff members. On Monday, most of the certified staff members gathered for an orientation in the boardroom of the Richard S. Kirkendall. The following is just a selection of Claremont Unified School […]

A new Claremont endeavor was launched this summer, the nonprofit Middle Tree Academy, with the aim of making top-notch academic support and college preparation affordable for all students. A number of students have just finished attending Middle Tree’s inaugural summer camp, held on the Pomona College campus. In many cases, their participation was supported by […]

There’s a special kind of learning going on at Mt. San Antonio Gardens. Seventeen kids from CLASP (Claremont After-School Programs) are finishing up a month-long summer camp, held on the senior community’s scenic campus. On afternoons during the school year, CLASP provides homework help, supervision and enrichment to kids at risk of falling through the […]

The Claremont-based summer enrichment program Project THINK is celebrating its 35th year, with a rainforest theme and—after being ensconced for a few years in the Old School House—a return to the Claremont Colleges. Some 200 students, ranging from kindergartners to eighth graders, are enrolled in the first session, combining learning and fun on the Scripps […]

There is a Native American proverb that insists you can’t judge a person until you have walked a mile in their moccasins. With this in mind, a number of CUSD administrators and board members took to Claremont campuses on Wednesday, ready to follow in the footsteps of the district’s classified staff. The effort was part […]

On Monday students and staff at Mountain View Elementary school pulled a Rapunzel and let down their hair, only to have it summarily chopped off. The tresses, nearly 11 feet in all, will be donated to Locks of Love. The nonprofit will use the hair for high-quality wigs, given to kids who have lost their […]

A group of students at El Roble Intermediate School will soon be playing with their new dolls. No, it’s not one last childhood hurrah before they plunge into the teenage years. It’s a lesson on how tough it is to care for an infant, intended to impress upon the 8th graders that teen pregnancy is […]

The OLA Fiesta at Our Lady of the Assumption Church returns to Claremont for a 68th year on Mother’s Day weekend, May 8, 9 and 10. Among the most popular events in the city, the Fiesta attracts 15,000 visitors over the weekend to its renowned international food booths prepared by OLA’s own Hispanic Vietnamese and […]

Student leaders from Claremont’s San Antonio High School Associated Student Body (ASB) were challenged to create a business plan for using a Rotary district grant of $1000 to plan and stock the ASB store, designed and built last school year by the students with a Lefler grant from Rotary. The project provided a framework for […]

By definition, a library is a place where books, magazines and other materials are available for people to use or borrow. While the Claremont Library continues to serve the city in a traditional capacity, the scope of its reach extends far beyond the bookshelves and into the community itself. As a designated Family Place Library, […]